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08/31/12 3:59 PM

#53587 RE: conix #53571

1 - Creating more private sector jobs in 3 years than his predecessor did in 8.

2 - Passing the stimulus which stopped a free fall of our economy and helped saved jobs

3 - the Auto bailout where close to 1 million + jobs were saved even though this was passed by BUSH

4 - eliminating pre-existing conditions

5 - 6 million + 25 and under children covered on their parents health insurance

6 - Donut hole closed for seniors

7 - 85% of insurance premiums must now be used to pay for claims - reducing the rate on increasing in health insurance and slowing it's growth

8 - taking military troops out of Iraq

9 - stopping wasteful spending on Medicare Advantage in which medical procedures where paid at an 18% premium over what Medicare would spend for the same services saving medicare close to $50 Billion per year and slowing the growth of Medicare and extending it's life by at least 8 years.

10 - reducing payments to inefficient hospitals and paying less to pharma in medicare and also beefing up fraud policing saving additional 10's of billions per year.

11 - being able to do this with zero support from Republicans